Patents by Inventor Bryant A. Jones

Bryant A. Jones has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Accessible swing
    Patent number: 12239918
    Abstract: A swinging playground device includes a swing platform. The swinging playground device also includes a skirt coupled to the swinging platform and fills an area below the swinging platform as the swinging platform moves in a swinging motion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: Landscape Structures Inc.
    Inventors: Bryant A. Jones, Darryl T. Wrolson, Matthew A. Tschann, Thomas L. Keller, Kent D. Wuchterl
  • Accessible swing
    Patent number: 11938411
    Abstract: A swinging playground device includes a swing platform. The swinging playground device also includes a skirt coupled to the swinging platform and fills an area below the swinging platform as the swinging platform moves in a swinging motion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Landscape Structures Inc.
    Inventors: Bryant A Jones, Darryl T Wrolson, Matthew A Tschann, Thomas L Keller, Kent D. Wuchterl
  • Play systems having belt components
    Patent number: 11077329
    Abstract: A play system includes a support structure, having a bottom end and a top end, vertically oriented relative to a surface such that the bottom end contacts the surface and the top end is above the surface. The play system includes a belt having flexible portions and rigid portions that forms an ascending structure around the inside of the support structure such that it ascends from the bottom end of the support structure to the top end of the support structure. The play system includes a plurality of clamps that couple the support structure and the belt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: Landscape Structures Inc.
    Inventors: Bryant A. Jones, Thomas L. Keller, Timothy P. Kelly
  • Rope tensioning system
    Patent number: 11028901
    Abstract: A system for tensioning a rope of a play structure includes a collar coupled to the play structure. The system includes a tensioner coupled to the rope. The tensioner is coupled to the collar through a threaded connection and where a rotation of the tensioner in relation to the collar adjusts a tension in the rope.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: Landscape Structures Inc.
    Inventors: Bryant A. Jones, Aaron Nelson
  • Rope Tensioning System
    Publication number: 20190346019
    Abstract: A system for tensioning a rope of a play structure includes a collar coupled to the play structure. The system includes a tensioner coupled to the rope. The tensioner is coupled to the collar through a threaded connection and where a rotation of the tensioner in relation to the collar adjusts a tension in the rope.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2019
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Inventors: Bryant A. Jones, Aaron Nelson
  • Multi-user swing set
    Patent number: 10427057
    Abstract: A swing seat is presented. The swing seat comprises a first user seat with a first user frame and a first user seating area. The swing seat also comprises a second user seat with a second user frame and a second user seating area. The swing seat also comprises a connection mechanism configured to couple the first user frame to the second user frame. Each of the first and second user seats comprises a connection feature configured to connect to a swing frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: Landscape Structures Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas L. Keller, Bryant A. Jones
  • MULTI-USER SWING SET
    Publication number: 20180221776
    Abstract: A swing seat is presented. The swing seat comprises a first user seat with a first user frame and a first user seating area. The swing seat also comprises a second user seat with a second user frame and a second user seating area. The swing seat also comprises a connection mechanism configured to couple the first user frame to the second user frame. Each of the first and second user seats comprises a connection feature configured to connect to a swing frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Inventors: Thomas L. Keller, Bryant A. Jones